On Feb. 8, 2013, he took out a now-famous ad in his local newspaper, offering to sell the grand chair for $5,000 in Canadian dollars. “HAND carved throne. $5,000 firm,” said the original ad ...

Its over-the-top rococo style was designed to show off the luxuriousness of the French ... wood throne-like seats become generously padded. Reflecting the constant shifts in fashion, furniture ...

The vast Throne Room at Buckingham Palace ... this round-backed Louis XV armchair from an 18th century French furniture maker is made of beechwood and carved and gilded with stylised flowers ...

I'm Steve Inskeep. We don't yet know how "Game Of Thrones" ends, but the saga of a Canadian throne is over. Larry Johnson tried to sell a carved replica of a grand wooden chair. He listed it in a ...

where they were placed on display in the Throne Room. Made in the style of 17th century furniture, the seats were crafted from carved and gilded beechwood. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's ...

King Henry VIII, King Charles I, Queen Victoria and the late Queen Elizabeth II were all crowned on the golden throne. Despite its history, the chair is covered in graffiti - much of it carved by ...